The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-03-11

ne corps % ~saGlaeess q Ne Wet.
|ega portion % THE road (tom J>sper @
viace0oeo. arrived u jospoe Tuesday
oighs. end veseed thelv weePy limbs wilh
nino host HalIor, q oAo Indiana hotel
tnov are maklng : eoFo(ol survey, vua-
nlog 0rot . prollninoFy liuo, Tor ; nile
~ TO q : sine. ani 1ollovlng it ~
With . locatlnG llno IN ne oo9,o de-
eanee. aad driving ~ )svellne and ourv-
|ing stakes. whore necessary. TIE oorps|
e composed - ten pevsnns. Vi Cha
= Nswham. Ash Chief Enelaoes, IN
charge Or ne work; WIN. =. LAw, g. "
Rosehorpy. d. MIX. 0oohart. Charles
Howard Adama, IA. 8. Moore.
Frank Lsrean, Cl,as. Hammond, ]. T.
Closk ami John n. learcle. they seem
@ compose . tovial company, and are
I'm. and ~ making ifioads generally
along tho line.
The line through thls comfy they rsp-
resent = = excellent q Tor spssd Of
ear. bejeg " : very light grades % fhr.
Iond Tor I've miles % . oeroooo - otralghl
To- - arrow, without tho loase BIZ %
|cuPvo. when & de1eeto % The oooth .
|IlttIe % reach Jaaper. The line runs %
the north side o. Ireland and jasper
6oth. end coming 10 - they DO. tho new
depot will nkeIy b 90 l3th OF 14<h
lssreeta Our people are not very par
l~ticular where, % they hurry Il along.
NJ. KeWhom infogDo % that HE
corps will continue work from here
East % Paoli, or entlI they meet The
Icorps undor Chief Hoborl which . run-
mag : line fto0 Nav Albany West
Capt. DaaIel. o. OWonsboso, KY, Who
Il thoroughly ooquaintsd With The An
|dereoa Valley, thinks tho company
should make Troy. on the Ohio river lie
|termlnus. and seek : ~oonnectlon With
the South across The Ohio river from
Troy, through the projected LouIsvilDe,
Ohio VALLEY and Texas, \. +. There
would certainly b some magnificent
mineral developmonts, - we'll = spleu-
did timber, along Capt. Daniels pro-
posed route, and it would not b expeu-
Give bullding either. He says:
O~wENssoRo, March Z, 1881.
ED. CoURisR = By The lest Issue Of
your ever welcome paper. the CoURrrR,
80 tbs engineer o. the v o. 3 J. Il.
or the Ohio river. Now I have always
been taught to slook before msde :
leap" and ! think still that advice 10
good, and ! think n the interested par
|tles 10 this project would take this
lsdsge - . criterion, they would certain
~ View the route from jasper through
Ferdinand and 81. ooeinrad. thence
down the valley Of Anderson river to
the Ohio. which q much The shorter
lroute. thence up the Ohio Valley. ~
Southern outlet h tho object 10 view, -
The LouIsvilIe. Ohio Valley = Texas r.
b, will pass On The Kentucky Shore
within q miles 81 Troy, and the juno
|ti0n Of the Ohio 3 Anderson Rivers.
Not THE alone, but the vast mineral
beds Il will pass through between Jas-
per and the Ohio. Outside OF various
kinds Of coal and timber, " have N In
|exhanstible vein or black band iron ore,
very rich, and il workable thickness.
With I'll this. and the advantages Of the
Anderson - - Ice harbor, l can't see
Why this route would not b the more
advantageous and lucrative. This black
band iron orc u oaid 20 make the best Of
Iron. and b saId By analysis to yield ~
per isn't , end that Il % The only ore OF
that species found 10 this country. II
has been cIrculaled that this quality Of
lore 70 nowhere 20 b found only 80
Wallis. IL this b The case, Why nOl
develop and manufacture this popular
quality Of iron IN our oWn free couptry.
and stop the importation Of foreign pro-
lductionsf Now. while the railroad
boom b On The oapis, let % "look before